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Recent Examples of midwife
Ley is accused of performing abortions unlawfully and without a medical license alongside Maria Margarita Rojas, a midwife in the Houston area who was arrested Monday.
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Joseph Choi, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
The 14th season of the enduringly popular series Call the Midwife, which follows the nurses, midwives and nuns in the East End of London, starts tonight on PBS’ Masterpiece.
—Jane Levere, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
And last week, the state charged a midwife and an associate with illegally providing abortions.
—Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
North Shore was the go-to hospital for midwives in the area to send patients if their pregnancies became too risky, according to the licensed midwife.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Joseph Choi, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
The 14th season of the enduringly popular series Call the Midwife, which follows the nurses, midwives and nuns in the East End of London, starts tonight on PBS’ Masterpiece.
—Jane Levere, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
And last week, the state charged a midwife and an associate with illegally providing abortions.
—Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
North Shore was the go-to hospital for midwives in the area to send patients if their pregnancies became too risky, according to the licensed midwife.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midwife
Noun
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The body takes a minimum of 13 weeks to recover, the nurse-midwife Helena A. Grant tells Somerstein.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2024
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Care that can currently be delivered by a nurse-midwife via a brief video call or online questionnaire would revert to a time-consuming and costly series of clinic visits with a physician.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2024
Noun
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My doctors have warned me to pay attention to symptoms for any long-term effects.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Pope Francis died quickly on April 21 without suffering undue pain, and there was nothing that doctors could have done to save his life, said Sergio Alfieri, a physician at Rome's Gemelli hospital and head of the pontiff's medical team, Reuters reported.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Kering Foundation has supported La Maison des Femmes — a care center in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis for women in difficulty or victims of violence — since it was founded in 2016 by obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Ghada Hatem.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Lucca’s obstetrician might not have known to send her to genetics; her geneticist might not have been familiar with the IDENTIFY study.—
Laura Hercher,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2025
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In perpetrator countries, most people were passive witnesses, but there was also considerable participation by elites including artists, university professors, Catholic and Protestant clergy, media moguls, business leaders, and even physicians.—
Robert Williams,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
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To provide the best maternity care, nurses and physicians have to listen to their patients.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Recent This Machine projects include the three-part documentary event Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series (Apple TV+) as well as the docs Martha (Netflix) and Elton John: Never Too Late (Disney+).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
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According to the legal docs, Diddy’s team believes the clip was tampered with to make the violence appear more intense, and the sequence of events was reordered to give a misleading impression of Cassie being dragged into a hotel room.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Kevin Anderson, once a respected pediatrician, got to know Burns when he was incarcerated — also for murder.—
Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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This ubiquitous access to explicit content on smartphones is a major reason why many psychologists and pediatricians recommend waiting until eighth grade or even later before giving a child a smartphone.—
Michaeleen Doucleff,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2025
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And after moving to Colorado with her partner and setting up a medical appointment, a physician's assistant noticed her ferritin levels weren't rising, and referred her to a gynecologist.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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Photo: 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection Jeremy Irons gives his career-best performance as Elliot and Beverly, a pair of successful gynecologists who run a Toronto practice together.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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After studying at the University of Maryland, Humble was drafted during the Vietnam War, spending more than a year overseas as a medic.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Local medics gave her pills for the pain and sent her home.—
Maureen Murphy,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midwife. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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